US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has shelved plans to meet with senior North Korean officials, including one of leader Kim Jong Un's top aides, the State Department said Tuesday.

US's Pompeo shelves plans to meet with senior North Koreans

Moscow hopes that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit the country next year, Russian President Vladimir Putin's advisor said on Wednesday. "I hope this visit will be possible next year," Kremlin foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said, Russian news agencies reported.

Hope Kim Jong-un will visit Russia next year: Putin's advisor

Sexual harassment offences against women by people in positions of power like government officials and the police in North Korea are normal and part of a women's daily routine.

Sexual abuse part of daily routine in North Korea: Report

A North Korean official urged the United States on Thursday to immediately lift sanctions against his country, warning that the country's "confidence-destroying measures" would undermine denuclearisation talks.

North Korea warns US against 'confidence-destroying measures'

North and South Korea and the UN Command agreed on Monday to withdraw firearms and guard posts in the demilitarised zone village of Panmunjom this week, Seoul's defence ministry said, the latest move in a fast-improving relationship.

Two Koreas, UN forces agree to remove weapons at border

Pope Francis is ready to visit North Korea if its leader Kim Jong Un extends a formal invitation, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday after meeting the pontiff.

Pope ready to visit Pyongyang if invited: South Korea's Moon

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un means to abolish all nuclear weapons, materials and facilities to achieve "complete" denuclearisation, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Friday.

South Korea's Moon says North Korea means to abolish all nuclear weapons

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be held after US congressional elections on Nov. 6. Speaking to reporters as he flew to Iowa for a political rally, Trump said: "It’ll be after the midterms.

Trump says next summit with North Korea's Kim after US midterm elections

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his next meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is happening and officials are in the process of setting it up. Trump, speaking in the Oval Office after announcing the resignation of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a great meeting with Kim and that three or four locations were being considered for the two leaders' next summit.

Meeting with North Korea's Kim being set up: Trump

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday he believed North Korea's Kim Jong Un would soon meet with the leaders of China and Russia as part of an ongoing diplomatic effort to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Kim Jong Un expected to meet 'soon' with Putin, Xi Jinping: Seoul

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo headed to Pyongyang Sunday for new talks with Kim Jong Un on denuclearisation and a second US-North Korean summit. Pompeo departed from Tokyo, where he spent the first leg of a tour that will include stops in Pyongyang, South Korea and China.

US's Pompeo heads to Pyongyang, seeking progress on 2nd Trump-Kim summit

US, China to hold key talks to reduce trade, military tensions China and the United States are set to hold high-level talks here on Monday to reduce the spiralling trade and military tensions between the world's two largest economies.

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Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday, after Washington's top diplomat held "productive" talks on denuclearisation with the North Korean leader in Pyongyang.

Kim, Pompeo agree to second US-North Korea summit 'at earliest date'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hailed "progress" in talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang Sunday before landing in Seoul on a whirlwind diplomatic visit to the region.

Pompeo hails 'progress' after talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday he would coordinate closely with Japan during denuclearization talks with North Korea and promised to raise the issue of the abductions of Japanese citizens in his meetings in Pyongyang.

Pompeo pledges coordination with Japan in North Korea talks, to raise abduction issue

North Korea has accused Japan of trying to create tension on the Korean Peninsula and rebuilding its military. Yonhap News Agency quoted local North Korean media as stating, "The maritime `Self-Defense Force` (MSDF) of Japan recently conducted a test-fire of the interceptor missile SM-3 Block 1B on an Aegis destroyer in waters off Hawaii of the US.

North Korea accuses Japan of rebuilding military on Korean Peninsula

US President Donald Trump said he and North Korea's Kim Jong Un have fallen "in love" –- their bromance fuelled by "beautiful letters" he received from the leader of the nuclear-armed state.

US President Donald Trump says he and Kim Jong-Un are 'in love'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Thursday that sanctions against North Korea must be "vigorously" enforced, during a Security Council meeting attended by the foreign ministers of Russia and China.

North Korea sanctions must be 'vigorously' enforced: Pompeo tells UN

North Korea and Iran will dominate this week's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, where President Donald Trump will be in the spotlight as he continues to upend global diplomacy.

World leaders at UN look for progress on North Korea, brace for Trump

Despite the lack of detail, or binding terms in the joint statement agreed with Kim -- which has alarmed a majority of observers of the nuclear standoff -- Trump struck a resolutely bullish tone

World can 'sleep well' after North Korea summit, Trump says

While hosting North Korea's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, Putin said the historic summit with the US president was 'without doubt just the first step towards a full-blown settlement'

Putin invites Kim to Russia, praises Trump summit

Trump later told a news conference he would end joint US-South Korean military exercises

Mike Pompeo says North Korea sanctions to remain until complete denuclearisation

The council last year adopted three rounds of tough economic sanctions on North Korea, banning most of its exports of raw commodities and severely restricting oil supplies

Russia says UN should consider sanctions relief for North Korea

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